by Linda Phillips | Sep 30, 2013 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
In celebratory anticipation of the release of my debut book, CRAZY, about one year from now, I offer this second excerpt. (See Excerpts tab for the first one) ART EXHIBITION First thing inside the door I smell turpentine. I nearly trip over a wet...
by Linda Phillips | Sep 23, 2013 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
I recently came home from a training session in the Stephen Ministry with an amazing self-revelation. My book, CRAZY, is really a piece of grief work. I’ve already acknowledged that writing this book was cathartic and that it is certainly autobiographical, but never...
by Linda Phillips | Sep 16, 2013 | Blog
Forty-three years ago my best friend from college and I sank a hundred dollars into a limping used car, packed a few essentials like our journals, hand-made flannel nightgowns, and our recent college degrees, and set out for NYC. We were small-town girls from Oregon...
by Linda Phillips | Sep 9, 2013 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
I recently happened onto a tiny YA book (only 119 pages) called So Much to Tell You by an Australian author named John Marsden, and I’m absolutely blown away by this author’s personal journey and this, his debut book. Marsden dropped out of law school and spent his...
by Linda Phillips | Sep 3, 2013 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
If you’ve been following my blog you know that my book, CRAZY, is about a teen dealing with her mother’s bipolar disorder in the sixties. That’s why I tend to read books like MEMORIES OF SUMMER, which is a different twist on the same theme. Newbery Honor...
